Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Italian, 1913-1988
The Italian artist and designer Piero Fornasetti was one of the wittiest and most imaginative talents of the 20th century. He crafted an inimitable decorative style from a personal vocabulary of images that included birds, butterflies, hot-air balloons, architecture and — most frequently, and in some 500 variations — an enigmatic woman’s face based on that of Cavalieri. Fornasetti used transfer prints of these images, rendered in the style of engravings, to decorate an endless variety of furnishings and housewares that ranged from chairs, tables and decorative objects to dinner plates, table lamps and umbrella stands. His work is archly clever, often Surrealist and always fun.
Fornasetti was born in Milan, the son of an accountant, and he lived his entire life in the city. He showed artistic talent as a child and enrolled at Milan’s Brera Academy of Fine Art in 1930, but was expelled after two years for consistently failing to follow his professors’ orders.
A group of Fornasetti's hand-painted silk scarves, displayed in the 1933 Triennale di Milano, caught the eye of the architect and designer Gio Ponti, who, in the 1940s, became the artist's collaborator and patron. Beginning in the early 1950s, they created a striking series of desks, bureaus and secretaries that pair Ponti’s signature angular forms with Fornasetti’s decorative motifs — lighthearted arrangements of flowers and birds on some pieces, austere architectural imagery on others. The two worked together on numerous commissions for interiors, though their greatest project has been lost: the first-class lounges and restaurants of the luxury ocean liner Andrea Doria, which sank in 1956.
Fornasetti furnishings occupy an unusual and compelling niche in the decorative arts: they are odd yet pack a serious punch. They act, essentially, as functional sculpture. A large Fornasetti piece such as a cabinet or a desk can change the character of an entire room; his smaller works have the aesthetic power of a vase of flowers, providing a bright and alluring decorative note. The chimerical, fish-nor-fowl nature of Fornasetti’s work may be its greatest strength. It stands on its own. Bringing the Fornasetti look into the future is Barnaba Fornasetti, who took the reins of the company after his father's death.
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Creator: Piero Fornasetti
White and Gold "Piede Romano" Roman Left Foot by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Doraville, GA
A porceline "Piede Romano" or a left Roman foot in white with gold accents designed by Piero Fornasetti. The foot has an earlier Fornasetti insigna on the...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
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Porcelain
Fornasetti Porcelain Themes
Variation Plate, Pattern Number 46
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
"Fractured Beauty": Fornasetti "Themes & Variations" Plate #46 (Sliced Face)
1990s
A dynamic and optical porcelain wall plate from the celebrated "Themes & Variations" (Tema e Varia...
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1990s Italian Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Vintage Ceramic Canister Storage Jars, Italy Flour, Tea, 1960s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in New York, NY
Piero Fornasetti vintage ceramic storage jars, Italy, 1960s.
Flour, coffee, tea
There is a sugar one as well from the same collection but ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
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Ceramic
Piero Fornasetti Grandi Maestri Italian Gilt Porcelain Plate Scarlatti Portrait
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in San Diego, CA
Superb vintage mid 20th century Piero Fornasetti decorative porcelain art plate from the "Grandi Maestri" or "Great Masters" series featuring a portrait of Baroque Italian composer,...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
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Porcelain
Piero Fornsasetti box, Fornasetti Milan. 1960s
By Piero Fornasetti, Fornasetti
Located in Rivoli, IT
Small and rare box signed Piero Fornasetti, Fornasetti Milan, 1960s
Classic screen-printed decoration.
Useful as a pocket emptier
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1960s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Wood
Fornasetti Porcelain Themes
Variation Plate Pattern Number 84
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
"The Mysterious Gaze": Fornasetti "Themes
Variations" Plate #84
1980s-90s
A captivating and exotic porcelain wall plate from the celebrated "Themes
Variations" (Tema e V...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Grandi Maestri Italian Gilt Porcelain Plate Bellini Portrait
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in San Diego, CA
Superb vintage mid 20th century Piero Fornasetti decorative porcelain art plate from the "Grandi Maestri" or "Great Masters" series featuring a portrait of 19th century Italian oper...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
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Porcelain
Fornasetti Porcelain Moorhead Italy 1950s Signed
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Munich, DE
Early Vintage Piero Fornasetti flower pot in white and black cast ceramic themed “Moor’s Head”. The theme of the moor’s head takes inspiration...
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1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
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Porcelain
Trompe Oeil "Vasi Antichi" Metal Umbrella Stand by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Montreal, QC
Trompe Oeil "Vasi Antichi" Metal Umbrella Stand by Piero Fornasetti Italy, c. 1955 / c. 1960 lithographic transfer print over steel with hand-coloring, ena...
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1960s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Steel
1980s Original Gorgeous Playing Cards Box by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
1980s Original gorgeous playing cards box by Piero Fornasetti in walnut wood . It's in excellent condition and includes two packs of Dal Negro cards. The box is signed on the botto...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
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Wood, Walnut
$1,040 Sale Price
38% Off
Early Piero Fornasetti Butterflies Farfalle Umbrella Stand
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Chicago, IL
This appears to be a finer earlier example than others I have reviewed.
Note the composition and detail of the illustration, The "Shadow" under the butterfly, the brass rim has a...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
Piero Fornasetti Green Roman Gladiator Chariot Race Table Lamp
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Miami, FL
A vintage Mid-Century Modern lamp by Piero Fornasetti, the Italian master celebrated for his playful and surreal self-expression. Its striking green body showcases screen-printed mot...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass, Enamel
2000s Astonishing Black and White Fornasetti Box signed Fornasetti. Made in Ital
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
2000s (2019) Astonishing wood and metal box designed by Piero Fornasetti produced by Fornasetti, in excellent condition. Made in Italy. The box is signed and is the n.1 of the year 2...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
$1,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Fornasetti "Al Merito" Porcelain Coasters, 7
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Astoria, NY
Set of Seven Piero Fornasetti "Al Merito" Porcelain Coasters, with painted embellishments to the lithograph medals, marked "Al Merito / Fornasetti Milano / Made in Italy" to the unde...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$1,450 / set
Fornasetti Dog Bowl, round concave tray, Gordon Setter
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Portman Gallery (Brooklyn, NY) is joyously offering this vintage Fornasetti hollow concave ceramic dog bowl, green glaze with gilding, in very, very go...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
$840 Sale Price
20% Off
20th Century Large Metal Matchbox By Piero Fornasetti, Italy, c.1960
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A delightful matchbox, with an interior comprised of a metal sliding tray, the exterior decorated with five profiles, with highlighted red lips, four of whom smoking, with black cros...
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20th Century Italian Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
Cesto Di Dalie
Trompe L
oeil Umbrella Stand by Piero Fornasetti, Italy, 1955
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in London, GB
A 'Cesto Di Dalie' (Basket with Dahlias) trompe l'oeil umbrella stand by the incomparable Piero Fornasetti, Italy. Depicting a colourful basket of cut dahlia flowers, this early 1950...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Steel
Piero Fornasetti Grandi Maestri Gilt Porcelain Plate Monteverdi Portrait Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in San Diego, CA
Superb vintage mid 20th century Piero Fornasetti decorative porcelain art plate from the "Grandi Maestri" or "Great Masters" series featuring a portrait of revolutionary composer, C...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Astrolabio Model 2 Celestial Compass Wall Plate Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in San Diego, CA
Superb vintage mid 20th century Piero Fornasetti decorative porcelain art plate from the "Astro Labio" series. Made in Italy.
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Vassoio in Metallo Serigrafato Serie "Flora" di Piero Fornasetti Anni 50
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, MI
Vassoio in metallo serigrafato, collezione 'Flora', realizzato da Piero Fornasetti negli anni '50
Ø cm 58 Ø cm 47 h cm 4
Questo è un vassoio ovale in metallo nero decorato con una ...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
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Metal
Fornasetti Red Lip Lacquered Bocca Stool
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Piero Fornasetti (Italian, 1913-1988) black and white lacquered wood Bocca stool featuring the red lips of Lina Cavallieri (Italian, 1874-1944), upon three tapering black legs, marke...
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21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
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Wood
At the Window Fabric by Piero Fornasetti, 1980
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Roma, IT
At the window Fabric is a fashion item realized by Piero Fornasetti in 1980.
Fabricwith drawings of characters in the window.
Cotton sateen
Collect a precious fashion item!
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1980s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
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Cotton
Piero Fornasetti Small Porcelain Ashtray, The Day- Jewish Journal, 1961
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Small Porcelain Ashtray,
The Day- Jewish Journal, 1961,
Written in Yiddish
The oval small dish is designed with a newspaper banner and part of a front page. It is t...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
"Cappelli" Tole Umbrella Stand by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in East Hampton, NY
Hand coloured trompe l'oeil transfer printed on metal "Cappelli" (hats) Umbrella Stand by Piero Fornasetti.
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20th Century Italian Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Tôle
Italian Faux Malachite Floor Lamp by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in East Hampton, NY
Fabulous faux malachite floor lamp by Piero Fornasetti in beautiful condition with all new wiring a great mid-century piece! It comes with a custom gold drum shade...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
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Metal
Piero Fornasetti Complete Set of Six Appetizer Bowls with Anthemion Decoration
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Complete Set of Six Ceramic Appetizer Bowls,
Circa 1960
The Piero Fornasetti Ceramic appetizer bowls each have the same decoration with a wide band of Anthemion bet...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Newspaper Plate, Daily Express
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti porcelain newspaper plate,
Daily Express,
Giornali (Newspapers)
Late 1950s.
(NY8534B)
The Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate depicts the front page of the Daily Express from Saturday, February 11, 1956, with the main headline reading "Now, Shiver and Shake", regarding cold temperatures in Europe. Another amusing headline is "Marilyn charming says Vivien", referring to Vivien Leigh, Sir Laurence Oliver's wife on meeting Marilyn Monroe.
Dimensions: 10 1/4 inches diameter x 1/2 inch height. (26.04 cm)
Mark: Marked with a black rectangle, the classic Fornasetti hand...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Ceramiche Panel/Plaque
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A lithographic transfer-printed masonite panel.
Originally designed for the
Hilton Hotel, Istanbul, Turkey
Fornasetti: the complete universe page 456.
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1950s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Masonite
Piatto serie "Astrolabio", Piero Fornasetti, Fornasetti Milano, 1971
By Piero Fornasetti, Fornasetti
Located in Rivoli, IT
Piatto serie "Astrolabio" Fornasetti Milano , Natale 1971
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Italian Vintage Design “Musicale” Chair by Pierro Fornasetti, 1950s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Renens, CH
A Musicale chair by Piero Fornasetti, produced by Atelier Fornasetti during the early 1990s.
The Fornasetti company is specialized in hand...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
Fornasetti Porcelain Themes
Variation Plate, Pattern Number 6
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
"The Essential Muse": Fornasetti "Themes
Variations" Plate #6 (Floating Face)
A surreal and minimalist porcelain wall plate from the celebrated "Themes
Variations" (Tema...
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Late 20th Century Italian Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
110 Chair by Gio Ponti and Fornasetti for Cassina, 1953
By Gio Ponti, Cassina, Piero Fornasetti
Located in Conversano, IT
Extraordinary Model 110 chair, designed by Gio Ponti in 1951 and produced by Cassina, unanimously recognized as one of the highest and most refined expressions of Italian postwar des...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Piero Fornasetti Fleming Joffe Porcelain Dinner Plate- Elephant Ear Soup
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Grand Cuisine, Great Guff: Fornasetti's "Elephant Ear Soup",
Piero Fornasetti and the Fantastic Feast.
This captivating porcelain dinner plate, featuring the fanciful recipe "Elepha...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Ceramic Set Neo-Classical Mythological Gold Coasters Mitologia
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Mythic Opulence: Piero Fornasetti's Gilded "Mitologia" Coasters for Bonwit Teller
Presenting a complete and exceptionally preserved set of eight ceramic coasters by Piero Fornasetti...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Green Malachite Cammei (Cameo) Plate
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Green Malachite Cammei Plate,
Cammei or Cameo,
Circa 1950s-60s
The Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate, named Cammei on the reverse, meaning Cameo, has a gro...
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Mid-20th Century Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Fornasetti Lamp
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Piero Fornasetti Lithographed Cylindrical Lamp
Architectural Themed form with original surface
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
$1,850
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Themes
Variations Porcelain Plate, # 27
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes & Variations Plate, Motiv 27,
With Original Box,
1980s
The Piero Fornasetti Themes & Variation design is made on Rosenthal porcelain....
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1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Italian Modern Center Table By Fornasetti
By Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti
Located in Houston, TX
Italian Modern Center Table By Fornasetti.
We offer this original Italian mid century modern center by Piero Fornasetti featuring an iron base, brass feet and a decorated lacquered w...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Brass, Iron
Piero Fornasetti Studio Work Print on Laminated Synthetic Sheet Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
Rare studio work print by Piero Fornasetti, executed on a laminated synthetic sheet, produced within the Fornasetti workshop.
The image depicts an iconic female face rendered in fine...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Laminate
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Cook Pattern Plate, Corfam a La Du Pont
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Faux Cuisine: Fornasetti's "Corfam a La Du Pont",
Piero Fornasetti and the Plastic Bird
This brilliantly satirical porcelain plate, "Corfam a La Du Pont," is one of the most concept...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Rectangular Metal Tray, named Città di Carte
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Stockholm, SE
Vintage, rare Piero Fornasetti Rectangular Tray: Città di Carte. Like all Fornasetti accessories, the tray is handcrafted using original artisan...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Tema E Variazioni N 10 Surrealist Porcelain Plate Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in San Diego, CA
Superb early Piero Fornasetti decorative porcelain art plate from the series "Tema e Variazioni" featuring the face of opera singer Lina Cavalieri.
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage PIero Fornasetti Chariot Porcelain Gilded Coasters Set of 8 Barware
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in North Miami, FL
These vintage hallmarked Piero Fornasetti coasters are porcelain with gold. They are of the Roman Chariot design. Marked Fornasetti MIlano Made In Ita...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
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Gold
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
1980
s Piero Fornasetti Tema E Variazioni Porcelain Wall Decorative Plate Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage Piero Fornasetti "Tema e Variazioni" porcelain plate depicting the face of the famous opera singer Lina Cavalieri, made in Milano Italy circa 1980s.
Original mark on the back...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Porcelain Themes
Variations Plate, Motiv 27
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal porcelain themes & variations plate, Motiv 27,
1980s
The Piero Fornasetti Themes & Variation design is made on Rosenthal porcelain. The pattern, Motiv ...
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1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
FORNASETTI Pair of Vintage Table Lamps
By Piero Fornasetti, Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian table lamp with painted metal decorated with harlequins on red background (lithographical and transfer-printed) and brass / made in Milan Italy by Fornasetti, in the ...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
$3,849 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Early Mid-Century Modern
Roman Arch
Umbrella Stand by Piero Fornasetti 1950s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Munich, DE
Early, extremely rare and highly decorative Mid-Century Modern umbrella stand "Roman Arch". Designed by Piero Fornasetti for Fornasetti Milano, Italy, 1950s.
Makers mark at the botto...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Piero Fornasetti Framed Decorative Wall Panel "Mappamondi e Navi" Circa 1950s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A framed decorative wall panel by Piero Fornasetti, Italy (1913-1988). 'Mappamondi e Navi' (Globes and Ships). Described as "very beautiful and quite rare" by the House of Fornasetti...
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1950s Italian Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Masonite
Mid-century Modern Piero Fornasetti "Il Quadrante" Ceramic Beer Stein
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti (1913-1988)
"Il Quadrante" Ceramic Beer Stein
Circa 1960s
A superb and rare example of Piero Fornasetti's whimsical yet sophisticated design, this ceramic beer stei...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
1970s Set of Four Mid-Century Modern Porcelain Mural Plates by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Aci Castello, IT
Four 70s porcelain plates designed by Piero Fornasetti especially for Fiat, depicting Torino monuments and cooking recipes. The black, white and gold colors are a mark of Fornasetti ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Fornasetti Mid-Century Modern Card Box, 1950s, Metal and Wood, Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Rome, IT
Italian Mid-Century modern card box by Fornasetti in metal wood, representing a carriage with coachmen pulled by two horses.
This typo of artistic boxes was created to stay over ...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
Piero Fornasetti Framed Set of Coasters of the Months, "12 Mesi, 12 Soli" design
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Framed Piero Fornasetti Framed Set of Coasters,
"12 Mesi, 12 Soli" design,
Coasters Early 1960s
The six large ceramic coasters are from the "12 Mesi,...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Piero Fornasetti Special Commission Large Iznik Plaque, 1950s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Ottoman Illusion: Fornasetti's Istanbul Hilton Panel (1955)
This monumental Piero Fornasetti colored panel is a rare piece of institutional history, created in 1955 as a special com...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Paper
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Seashell Plates, Conchyliorum Pattern- a pair
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti porcelain gilt pair of seashell plates,
Conchyliorum pattern,
Set of six plates,
circa 1950s.
The pair of very rare plates with ...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti (Italian, 1913–1988) Four-Panel “Libreria” Folding Screen
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in London, GB
Four-Panel “Libreria” Folding Screen
Italy, circa 1955
Transfer-printed and painted wood, brass hinges
Each panel: 207 × 50 × 3 cm (81 × 19.5 × 1 in)
A quintessential example of ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Brass
Piero Fornasetti Fleming Joffe Porcelain Recipe Plate, Snake a la Cleopatra
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
A Dash of Wit and a Pinch of Surrealism: The Piero Fornasetti Fleming Joffe "Cook Plates"
This rare porcelain plate, "Snake à la Cleopatra," is a fascinating and whimsical artifact ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Fornasetti "Toscanini
s Concert" Porcelain Tray
By Piero Fornasetti, Fornasetti
Located in Astoria, NY
Fornasetti "Toscanini's Concert" Porcelain Tray, with gilt edge, marked "Fornasetti Milano / Made in Italy" to the underside.
1" H x 8.5" W x 5.25" D.
Provenance: From a Long Islan...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Rare Silk Cravat by Piero Fornasetti for Pipe Enthusiasts
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Vienna, AT
This tie, designed around 1970's by well-known Italian artist Piero Fornasetti and currently not anymore in production, features an original and classy pipe pattern. Excellently pres...
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Late 20th Century Italian Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Silk
Piero Fornasetti Ashtray of a Bill of Sale from the Weikel
Smith, Philadelphia
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Ceramic 'Bill of Sale' Tray, Weikel & Smith Spice Company, Philadelphia
I. Introduction
The Object in Focus: A Nexus of Art, Commerce, ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
FORNASETTI Vintage Table Lamp
By Piero Fornasetti, Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian Oggi Maria Pia newspaper table lamp with painted metal (lithographical and transfer-printed) and brass / made in Milan Italy in the 198...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Furniture
Materials
Metal
$1,925 Sale Price
30% Off
Piero Fornasetti furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Piero Fornasetti furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of ceramic and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Piero Fornasetti furniture, although gray editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 391 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 1 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original furniture by Piero Fornasetti were created in the mid-century modern style in europe during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Archimede Seguso, Flavio Poli, and Richard Ginori. Prices for Piero Fornasetti furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $120 and can go as high as $54,990, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $1,262.
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- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Opera singer Natalina ‘Lina’ Cavalieri is the face that inspired Piero Fornasetti throughout his artistic career, from his plates to wallpaper and more. Lina Cavalieri was known as the most beautiful woman in the world during her lifetime from 1874-1944. It was eight years after Cavalieri’s death that Fornasetti came across her image in a magazine and was thereby inspired to replicate it repetitively. On 1stDibs, find a collection of authentic Fornasetti plates from some of the world’s top sellers.
- Who is Piero Fornasetti?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022Piero Fornasetti was an Italian artist and designer born in Milan, Italy, in 1913. In 1950, he founded an atelier in the city, creating furniture and home decorations. Fornasetti died on October 9, 1988. His company, Fornasetti, continues to produce hand-decorated decor under the guidance of his son Barnaba Fornasetti. Find a collection of Fornasetti on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertMay 14, 2024Piero Fornasetti is famous for his work as a designer. The Italian artist was one of the wittiest and most imaginative talents of the 20th century. Fornasetti crafted an inimitable decorative style from a personal vocabulary of images that included birds, butterflies, hot-air balloons, architecture and — most frequently, and in some 500 variations — an enigmatic woman's face based on that of opera singer Lina Cavalieri. Fornasetti used transfer prints of these images, rendered in the style of engravings, to decorate an endless variety of furnishings and housewares that ranged from chairs, tables and decorative objects to dinner plates, table lamps and umbrella stands. His work is archly clever, often Surrealist and always fun. On 1stDibs, shop an assortment of Piero Fornasetti pieces.
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022Whether or not Piero Fornasetti images are in the public domain depends on the image. The artist produced more than 11,000 works during his lifetime. Only some no longer carry a copyright and are in the public domain. Shop a range of Fornasetti on 1stDibs.
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